HAND-PAINTED GLASS

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 29, 3 August 1923, Page 9

HAND-PAINTED GLASS

Hand-painted glass and hand-painted furniture are both in fashion, and clever amateurs who know how to paint wood may like to know how they may decorate finger bowls and goblets and vases. At any shop where artists' requisites are sold you may buy pots of paint specially made for glass tinting. Some camel hair brushes of different sizes and a bottle of gum water complete your requirements.

Wash over the surface of the glass with gum water; this will prevent the paint running' and becoming blurred when dry. Then lightly paint in your design. The simpler it is the better the result. Two or three coats may be. needed. Leave for two days before using. If you paint only'on the outBide of the glass the articles will not require filing. They must be washed carefully in cold water; the colour will not then wear off.

On brightly coloured glass bold desifms in black are most effective. Deep blue glass looks beautiful if powdered with little gold stars. Plain glass can be decorated with designs of coloured fruit, or flowers and leaves.